I'm so making the pilgrimage to Green Bay if we go to Madison (if I can afford it). I never managed to make it when I did live in the Midwest (among the Midwesterners of various body types and speeds), and that's a crying shame.
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos.
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: Madison, WI from June 20-22 2008! Official website.
juliana - Dec 06, 2007 2:18:07 pm PST #6992 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Cashmere - Dec 06, 2007 3:27:53 pm PST #6993 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
A choice of Madison will seal the deal for me and it will be my first official F2F!
Nicole - Dec 06, 2007 3:40:44 pm PST #6994 of 10002
I'm getting the pig!
I realize now it's not that the pace is too slow, it's that the volume of the crowd makes the pace impossible for an individual to control. It feels uncomfortable to be forced to move along at the same pace as everyone else. The word cattle comes to mind.
No, Laga, my response was to the sweeping generalization and, imo, rudeness of your wording -
slow fat midwesterners
Considering the varied sizes and shapes of the members of our community, it would be all too easy for people's feeling to be hurt by your comment. I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.
Lee - Dec 06, 2007 3:58:29 pm PST #6995 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Goes to sit in Nicole's corner.
Cass - Dec 06, 2007 4:01:09 pm PST #6996 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.As have I.
Vortex - Dec 06, 2007 4:13:44 pm PST #6997 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Considering the varied sizes and shapes of the members of our community, it would be all too easy for people's feeling to be hurt by your comment. I've always thought of b.org as a safe place from that kind of attitude.
I think that it is. As a person who can be sensitive about her weight, though, I didn't notice it. I thought of it more as a personality thing that an actual physical things. Like if we called a group "grey haired grannies", I don't think that anyone with grey hair would be offended.
(and how annoyed am I that the spellcheck thinks that I am misspelling "grey")
Ginger - Dec 06, 2007 4:20:34 pm PST #6998 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It didn't hit me, and I'm a fast impatient fat former Midwesterner.
Aims - Dec 07, 2007 3:30:15 am PST #6999 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yeah, I was skimming over the comments yesterday but rereading today I have to say that for me, it did ping me and bothers me. Partly because of the "fat" comment and partly because it bugs whenever anyone disses on the people from the midwest.
Laura - Dec 07, 2007 4:03:17 am PST #7000 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Fat Yankee slips in for the slut.
nd how annoyed am I that the spellcheck thinks that I am misspelling "grey"
I had to add it to my dictionary. Silly gray haired wrong headed spellchecker.
Cashmere - Dec 07, 2007 4:31:43 am PST #7001 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Partly because of the "fat" comment and partly because it bugs whenever anyone disses on the people from the midwest.
I'm slow, fat and Midwestern and yeah, that kinda bugs.